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Causticily :: Causticily (n.) The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash..

Causticily :: Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark..

Metacrolein :: Metacrolein (n.) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash. It is a crystalline substance having an aromatic odor.

Catacaustic :: Catacaustic (a.) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a..

Causticness :: Causticness (n.) The quality of being caustic; causticity.

Resorcin :: Resorcin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance of the phenol series, obtained by melting certain resins, as galbanum, asafetida, etc., with caustic potash. It is also produced artificially and used in making certain dyestuffs, as phthalein, fluorescein, and eosin..

Catacaustic :: Catacaustic (n.) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.

Corrode :: Corrode (v. t.) To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali..

Caustical :: Caustical (a.) Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark..

Sepia :: Sepia (n.) A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India..

Acrid :: Acrid (a.) Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating; as, acrid temper, mind, writing..

Lithia :: Lithia (n.) The oxide of lithium; a strong alkaline caustic similar to potash and soda, but weaker. See Lithium..

Alkali :: Alkali (n.) Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc..

Cauterize :: Cauterize (v. t.) To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic.

Diogenes :: Diogenes (n.) A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings..

Catheretic :: Catheretic (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

Cauterism :: Cauterism (n.) The use or application of a caustic; cautery.

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) A curved formed by the consecutive intersections of rays of light refracted through a lens.

Caustic :: Caustic (a.) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Diacaustic :: Diacaustic (n.) That which burns by refraction, as a double convex lens, or the sun's rays concentrated by such a lens, sometimes used as a cautery..

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